Prices
Constance 18 — price & resale value (2026)
What a Constance 18 costs at retail today, what it resells for, and how the two compare — every figure real and sourced, estimates clearly labelled.
Retail
$9,800
documented US list
Resale
$16,000
cited median
Premium
1.6×
resale ÷ retail
The Market Record
What is actually on record for Constance 18
23 retail · 221 asks · 10 auction lots
Three price types, kept separate: boutique retail, dealer asking prices, and completed auction hammer results. A current record answers the immediate question; the dated series shows how the evidence changed.
Latest retail
USD 9,700
2026 · Epsom
Latest dealer ask
USD 13,125
2025 median · n=95; an ask, not a sale
Latest auction result
$20,500
2025 hammer median · n=3; not buyer-paid total
Latest retail source: Sotheby's — "All About the Hermès Constance" (2026-05-12; retrieved 2026-07-28).
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Every count is a stored, dated record. We do not interpolate missing years, convert currencies into a synthetic price line, or merge asks with sales.
By style — Constance 18
The per-style breakdown (leather + hardware) accrues as we record listings — nothing on the record for the Constance 18yet. It fills in as the weekly refreshes add up; we never invent a style we haven't seen.
Is a resale price fair?
A listing is fair when it sits near the going resale rate for this exact size and leather — our cited median of $16,000 for the Constance 18. Anything well above that is paying for scarcity, colour or hardware; well below can signal condition or authenticity questions. Run any asking price through the fair-price tool →
Thinking about selling instead of buying? The exit calculator shows what this spec nets after each platform's published fees, and the premium index tracks whether the resale premium is still worth chasing.
How much to pre-spend to be offered one
The Constance is sometimes offered freely and sometimes treated as a quota bag, depending on boutique and demand. Hermès publishes no spend rule, but buyers reported reaching about 1.4× retail (≈ $13,720) in other categories before being offered a bag — community-reported, not a rule, and it varies by city. Estimate the pre-spend for your city or get your Birkin Score.
Leathers & colours it comes in
The Constance 18 is made in a range of leathers and colours — the pairing you choose moves both the retail price (exotics most of all) and the resale value.
Leathers
Epsom · Swift · Chèvre · Box calf · Evercolor · Lizard (exotic) · Alligator (exotic) · Crocodile (Niloticus / Porosus) (exotic)
A few colours
Noir (black) · Étoupe · Étain · Gold · Rouge H · Rouge Casaque / vif · Bleu Nuit
New to the vocabulary? The encyclopedia explains every leather, colour and size →
Constance 18: common questions
How much is a Constance 18?
The documented 2026 US boutique retail for a Constance 18 in Epsom is $9,800. On the resale market it typically trades around $16,000 (cited pristine-condition median) — a cited median, because colour, leather, hardware and condition all move the real figure.
Do Constance 18s sell above retail?
Yes. At a 1.6× premium, a Constance 18 resells for roughly above its $9,800 retail — based on our cited median. Quota bags like the Birkin and Kelly carry the largest premiums; leather and colour swing the rest.
Where can I buy a Constance 18?
At retail, only in-boutique or on hermes.com (stock permitting). On the secondary market, established resellers list them daily. Use the fair-price calculator to check whether an asking price sits above or below the going resale rate before you buy.
Other Constance sizes
Cite this data
Our numbers are our own compiled, dated work. You're welcome to cite them — with a link back to this page. Please don't republish the dataset wholesale or scrape it without permission. Retail is documented US list; resale is a cited median or a labelled estimate.
Cite as: “Orange Peel — Constance 18 price & resale,” orangepeel.to/price/constance-18 · Updated July 2026
Retail is the documented 2026 US boutique list; resale is a cited pristine-condition median where shown, otherwise an estimated typical band from the size's premium — estimates are labelled. Colour, leather, hardware and condition move the real number. Orange Peel is an independent publication, not affiliated with Hermès.